Pit Holes Plantation - Woodland plantation
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.95288, -1.88085
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Lowland meadows priority habitat
Free
Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route135 m▾
Named routeLength 135 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route911 m▾
Named routeLength 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route349 m▾
Named routeLength 349 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route112 m▾
Named routeLength 112 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Nabb Lane Footpath to Denstone College
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Wildlife to spot
3,975 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
Field Maple · Dog's Mercury · Sycamore · False Oat-grass · Barren Brome +135
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
Field Maple · Dog's Mercury · Sycamore · False Oat-grass · Barren Brome +135
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas